As sports betting sweeps the nation, colleges aren’t just watching from the sidelines—they’re cashing in on the action, monetizing their students’ vices.
Editor’s Note: The following is an article originally published by the National Association of Scholars on February 3, 2026. It is crossposted here with permission. Scientific inquiry has suffered another blow amidst the ongoing…
Last year, after receiving in the mail wall calendars from several organizations that I esteem, and several more from organizations that I esteem a little less, I thought the National…
James Traub’s “The Cradle of Citizenship” perceptively documents the collapse of reading in public schools but underestimates how politicized pedagogy makes meaningful civic education reform unlikely
James Traub’s The Cradle of Citizenship: How Schools Can Help Save Our Democracy (2026) is a curious mixture of ideological blinders and perceptive reporting. The former is announced bluntly in…
This year, instead of making my high school sophomores take the test on F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby, I gave them the option to produce a podcast. Some of…